Sèvres-Babylone: station history
Served by: metro lines 10 and 12.
Did you know?
The station combines rue de Sèvres, an old road leading from Paris to Sèvres in the 13th century, and rue de Babylone, named in 1673 after Jean Duval, Bishop of Babylon. Originally, CMP line 10 was to be called « Babylone » and Nord-Sud line A « Sèvres »; the City imposed a shared station, and the tiles carry different wordings depending on the line. The Nord-Sud opened it as « Sèvres - Croix-Rouge », with its first section from Porte de Versailles to Notre-Dame-de-Lorette.
Anecdote
The line 10 station is separated from Mabillon by the ghost station Croix-Rouge. On line 12, the semi-elliptical vault typical of the Nord-Sud shelters green geometric designs, with the line's directions built into the faience of the tympana. At the end of 2015, the green and yellow bevelled tiles that decorated the tops of the walls on line 10 were replaced by white tiles. One entrance opens onto the square Boucicaut, near Le Bon Marché.
Around Sèvres-Babylone
- Le Bon Marché, 240 m away — The world's first department store, opened in 1852, still one of the most elegant in Paris.
- Square Boucicaut, 170 m away — A small, peaceful square named after the founder of Le Bon Marché, a pleasant green break in the 7th arrondissement.
- Musée Hébert, 300 m away — A museum housed in painter Ernest Hébert's former mansion, devoted to his work.